a curious new book on Akhmatova

[Boris Dagaev]

> Kataeva exposes Akhmatova as liar, drunk, coward and a mentally
disturbed woman...

Which takes nothing away from the poetry. Quite to the contrary -
composure and artistic control from a drunk and a coward is quite
astonishing. I am guessing Kataeva missed such a positive possibility
:-)


On 8/14/07, Alexandra Smith <Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Just for your amusement, I would like to draw your attention to Dmitry
> Bykov's interview with Professor Alexander Zholkovsky regards a very
> weird new book on Anna Akhmatova penned by Tamara Kataeva: the
> interview was published in the latest issue of OGONYOK:
> http://www.ogoniok.com/5008/27/
> Kataeva exposes Akhmatova as liar, drunk, coward and a mentally
> disturbed woman...
>
> All best,
> Alexandra
>
>
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